(1)  The purpose of this part is to facilitate the compensation of injured parties from financial protection funds established pursuant to the Price Anderson Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2210.

Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-3-601

  • Harm: means :
(a) personal injury, death, or illness, except an injury, death, or illness that is a basis for a claim under either a state or federal workmen's compensation act by an employee of a person liable pursuant to Section 78B-3-603;
(b) damage to, destruction of, or loss of the use of property other than property at the situs of and used in connection with the activity giving rise to a nuclear incident;
(c) economic loss due to:
(i) damage to or loss of the use of property; or
(ii) environmental degradation; or
(d) expenses reasonably incurred by the state, its political subdivisions, or the agencies of either in protecting the public health and safety and the environment from a nuclear incident or the imminent danger of a nuclear incident, including, but not limited to, precautionary evacuations, emergency response measures, and, after reasonable opportunity for performance of cleanup measures by persons liable pursuant to Section 78B-3-603, decontamination or other clean-up measures. See Utah Code 78B-3-602
(2)  Nothing in this part may be construed to impose liability for harm from nuclear incidents for which financial protection is not afforded under the Price Anderson Act.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session